چالدران
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
According to Nishanyan, from a vulgarized form of Northern Kurdish çil (“forty”) + dêrên (“churches”).
Alternative forms
- چالدیران (çaldıran)
Proper noun
چالدران • (çaldıran)
- Chaldiran (a plain in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran), the site of a battle between the Ottomans and the Safavids
- Chaldiran (a town and district of Van Province, Turkey), near the site of the battle
- Synonym: بایزید آغا (bayazıd ağa) (historical)
Descendants
Further reading
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- Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–), “Çaldıran”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “چالدران”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 708
- Sezen, Tahir (2017), “Çaldıran”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names][2], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 167
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
چالدران • (çaldıran)
- imperfect participle of چالدرمق (çaldırmak, “to cause to be struck, played, etc.”)